All through the years, individuals have time and time again been enthralled with vampires.  The undying charm of creations like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, and realistic stories regarding Vlad the Impaler, as well as recent accomplishments of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight saga, Anne Rice’s Vampire Lestat classic, and flicks ranging from Fright Night to From Dusk ‘Til Dawn, are evidences to the fame of vampires in modern day times.

Maybe it’s due to the strange nature of these magical beings.  Or maybe it’s because of the brooding conflict they have, being alive for ever but being devoid of life since their conversion.  Or perhaps it’s because vampires represent things that we all dreamt of at some instance: immortality, hypnosis, and other types of abilities.

Anyhow, it cannot be denied that vampires have always been, and will always be, a big element of general hottest TV series from Alan Ball – best identified as the prized-winning writer and director of modern day masterpieces like American Beauty and Six Feet Under – tries to exploit the viewers’ enthrallment with vampires even further, albeit, presenting the famous legend under an absoulute new light.

For a start, vampires are presented as a mistreated lot.  They are not much predators as they are victims.  Vampires, in the eyes of True Blood, are envoys of marginals in the actual world.  Having come out in the open to “mainstream” with the citizens, vampires are viewed with fright by ordinary persons.  And as with each case of bigotry, alarm causes hatred, and loathing causes all manners of trouble.

Secondly, forget about the Angel-Buffy, Edward-Bella, and even the Dracula-Mina conventional relationship.  The drama amid the program’s heroine, Sookie Stackhouse – played by Anna Paquin – and the program’s resident vampire, Bill Compton – played by Stephen Moyer – is truly extraordinary.  She can understand mentalities.  His brain can’t be read.  She finds him amusing because of this.  He finds her special due to her abilities.  All of these mixed leads to a story that can be as eternal as the most memorable combinations in movie and writing.

True Blood is not for kids, with unwarranted usage of violence, sex and bareness to paint the picture of an ugly world when the apparently naпve New Orleans town is embraced by the shade of the night.  Aired on HBO, True Blood guaranteed a TV encounter like no other.